GPH-NDFP peace talks impasse hamper resolution of rights violations
The Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) was signed by the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on March 16, 1998. It was a landmark agreement unique in the history of civil wars worldwide. But 13 years hence, its implementation has barely passed through the first stage and the peace talks continue to flounder.By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
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Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Lorena “Aya” Santos remembers one of the last times she talked to her Tatay (father). She told him about her budding relationship with the man she eventually married. She recalls how Leo Velasco, her father and reportedly a Communist Party of the Philippines central committee member, smiled and told her he understood.
On February 19, 2007, Velasco was abducted in Cagayan de Oro City, allegedly a victim of enforced disappearance. In November of the same year Aya’s mother, Elizabeth Principe, was herself abducted in Cubao, Quezon City. Principe was alleged to be a top communist in Cagayan Valley.
While leading the campaign for the surfacing of Velasco, Aya has since become the spokesperson of Desaperacidos, the nationwide alliance of families of the disappeared. While happy that her Nanay was released in July 2009 and participated in the February 2011 Government of the Philippines (GPH)-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) formal peace talks in Oslo, Norway, she is still looking for her father..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
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big sabihin, puro bola, puro mabulaklak na salita lamang ang elit, ang mga pamahalaang dilaw dito sa pinas. tama na kasi ang elite rule, kapatirang prinsipyo tulad ng sa katipunan na ang pairalin.
"The CARHRIHL is a landmark agreement unique in the history of civil wars worldwide. It recognizes that “the prolonged armed conflict in the Philippines necessitates the application of the principles of human rights and the principles of international humanitarian law and the faithful compliance therewith by both Parties.” (CARHRIHL, Part I, Article 6). Following such recognition, both the Manila Government and the NDFP bound themselves to “this Agreement in order to affirm their constant and continuing mutual commitment to respect human rights and the principles of international humanitarian law and hereby recognize either Party’s acts of good intention to be bound by and to comply with the principles of international humanitarian law.” (CARHRIHL, Part I, Article 7)."
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